... G;LAS.'-GOWt INTEINNATIONAL I LXI11 3IT ION. TtiE ISHOP'S CASTLE-III. p FSince tihe .arpe-raoee of the former notices o f the colec ton that is b)eing gathered together' for the t3i~oo'5 C'a'tie mny mot valuable and s irterestiag reics belonging to various stages of c oar natio-al isstory have, through the kindness j oi their p0o3sesors, been placed at the disposal 1 of thle ?? anthorites. ...

... NOTEHS ON NEXW BOOKS. One of the most notable works of fiction of the ,eek is a new novel by Mr Walter Besant- ' Herr Paulus His Rise, Bis Greatness, and e Eis Fall. It is in three volumes, and is pub- lished by Messrs Chatio & WEiudus.-Messrs Y Kegan Paul, Trench &; Co. have paulished f Tales and Traditions in Verse, by E. Cooper Willis, Q.C. - Messrs J. S. Virtue & Co. (Linitedil have ...

... COLIONELT. AND BALLANTRAE AGRI-I I CULTURAL SOCIETY'S AWD I- The fifth annual exhibition of this society wai held at Colmenell on Wednesday on fields placed at the disposal of the committee by Mrs Gray oE EirkhilI and th.e hev. Ur MlFadzean, Colmonell, The show w-as in every respect the best yet held in the district, the entries, which were 400, being 50 more than. en the previous year; and ...

... A GEICULTUPE. KILWINSING AND STEVENSTON I. C A TILS s oW. M. The anuls show-of this ecciety was lheld yoster- day in a field at Oxenward. The wreather was zil I that could be desired, ccept for half an horr, when a sharp thmundcrstom prevailed. A large l number of farmers and others turned out to see the show. Cattle and Clydesdcle horses were woll ecr rerreseuted, and on the wvo'a the show ...

... M Messrs Smith, Elder & Co. have commenced the issue of a new edition of the works of Robert Browning. It is to be completed in sixteen volumes, and the first volume contains Pa- line and Sordello.--An interesting publica- tion comes all the way from Iceland. It is Jon Sigurdsson, the Icelandic Patriot : a Bio- graphical Sketch. The work is in English, aud is printed by Messrs S. ...

... C *YOTES S ON NEBW Bt)OEOS. Messrs Whittaker & Co., London, have pub- ished A Dictionary of J'owland Scotch, witl 411 Introductory Chapter on the Poetry, Humnour, and Literary History of the Scottish Language, and an Appendix of Scottish Pro- verbs, by Dir Charles Mackay, author of Lost beauties of the English Lauguage, &c., &c. -Messes Adam & Charles Black have published 4'A History of ...

... IMUSIC AND THE DitAIMA. (FROM OUR OWNV CORgESrDNDENT.) London, Sunday Night. Mr August 'Manos took his benefit at the i OrystalPalace yesterday,when a -well-diversifed ' programme attracted a very la.rge audience. In, the first place the veteran basso prefdndo, who r last sang in England twenty years ago, and is noW S aseptuagenarian, made his reappearince and sang Ic Miozart's ' Qai sdegno, ...